Physical Therapist Assistant Requirements for Licensing by Examination

PURPOSE: This rule provides the instructions for physical therapist assistants applying for licensure by examination. (1) All applicants must be at least nineteen (19) years of age. (2) The applicant must make application to the board and register with the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) to sit for the licensing examination. (3) All applicants shall furnish satisfactory evidence as to their good moral character, educational qualifications, and professional history. (4) All applicants shall have official transcripts, with the school seal affixed, submitted from each and every college or university attended, confirming the courses taken towards their associate degree program in physical therapist assistant, grade received per course, degree(s) awarded, and date degree(s) awarded. (5) All applicants must submit a copy of any and all legal name change documents incurred since birth. (6) All applicants shall have licensure, registration, or certification verification submitted from every jurisdiction in which the applicant has ever held privileges to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. This verification must be submitted directly from the licensing agency and include the type of license, registration, or certification, the issue and expiration date, and information concerning any disciplinary or investigative actions. If a licensing agency refuses or fails to provide verification, the board may consider other evidence of licensure. (7) All applicants must submit an activities statement documenting all employment and professional and nonprofessional activities, from high school graduation to the date of licensure application, or for the last ten (10) years, whichever is the most recent. (8) To receive a passing score on the examination, the applicant must achieve the criterion referenced passing point recommended by the FSBPT. This passing point will be set equal to a scaled score of six hundred (600) based on a scale of two hundred (200) to eight hundred (800). Scores from a portion of an examination taken at one (1) administration may not be averaged with scores from any other portion of the examination taken at another test administration to achieve a passing score. AUTHORITY: section 334.125, RSMo 2000 and sections 334.650, 334.655, 334.670, and 334.687, RSMo Supp. 2008.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.110. Original rule filed Sept. 4, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Jan. 3, 2006, effective June 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-3.110, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed March 30, 2009, effective Nov. 30, 2009. *Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.650, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; 334.655, RSMo 1996, amended 1997, 1999, 2004, 2008; 334.670, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; and 334.687, RSMo 2008.